First it was announced that Steve Jones won’t be returning as host of ofthe U.S. edition of “The X-Factor,” and now Entertainment Weeklyreports that judges Paula Abdul and Nicole Scherzinger our out as well,leaving L.A. Reid and executive producer Simon Cowell as the only judgesfrom the first season to stick around. A U.K. rep for Cowell pledignorance of the staffing changes: "This happens after every show orseries," he said. "No decisions have been made that I am aware of."